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Young, open minds undeterred by the fog of realism converged on Detroit’s Cobo Center over the weekend for the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, the ultimate fuel-economy challenge. About 1,000 students representing 110 high schools and colleges from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Guatamala brought their hand-built concepts.

WardsAuto editors evaluated 36 all-new or improved powertrains before settling on the winners: two V-8s, a diesel V-6, three 4-cyl. turbos, two 3-cyl. turbos, a battery-electric vehicle and a hydrogen-powered fuel cell....More

Conventional hybrids such as the Toyota Prius were the most popular choice among alternatively fueled vehicles, with 19% of those surveyed indicating they would consider buying such a vehicle within the next two years....More

The alliance aims to help expand the global market for zero-emissions vehicles by providing intellectual support for design of ZEV policies and analysis of consumer markets, including demand for different types of ZEV technologies....More

The New York-based company, whose products allow vehicles to run on propane and natural gas, says business is down in Europe, which accounts for about 40% of its revenues and is its largest market....More

The Henry Ford in Dearborn will host this weekend’s celebration of creativity in parts of the museum and adjacent parking lot. The family-friendly festival is like a traveling circus, highlighting the works of local tinkerers at each stop....More

In the case of battery-electric vehicles, experts see the ramp-up of public charging stations as particularly sluggish. “Bottom line, all the talk about public charging isn’t happening,” says GM’s Britta Gross....More

European cars’ efficiency in emitting less CO2 has been driven mainly by technological improvements and higher sales of diesel-fueled cars, which typically have lower emissions levels than their gasoline-powered equivalents....More

The engine will not be used in a vehicle, but will be retained at the Holden Engine Operations plant as a museum piece to a lost industry when the 106-year-old automaker ends Australian vehicle production in 2017....More

The Department of Energy says it is clarifying applicant eligibility, improving communication and expediting its review process in its effort to revive a program offering more than $16 billion in funding....More

The Lundberg survey conducted March 21 indicates the main driver of the $0.474 nationwide increase in the average price of gasoline, to $3.5572 a gallon, was a sharp rise in the price of ethanol....More

The knowledge gap already could be affecting sales of advanced-technology vehicles, which last year accounted for 3.5% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold in the U.S., according to WardsAuto data....More

“Logically, Cadillac is not disconnected from GM,” the longtime luxury executive says. “The way we want to organize the business in the future is that Cadillac will own the entire process, all the things that touch Cadillac.”...More